Species Vespula germanica - German Yellowjacket

Classification · Internet References · Works Cited

German yellowjacket worker masticating prey - Vespula germanica - female

Yellowjacket - Vespula germanica - female

Yellow Jacket - Eastern? - Vespula germanica - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)

Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)

Subfamily Vespinae (Hornets and Yellowjackets)

Genus Vespula

Species germanica (German Yellowjacket)

Internet References

Species page in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the Northeastern Nearctic Region. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region By Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung

Contributed by Tony-2 on 2 April, 2005 - 9:45am
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck
Last updated 29 February, 2008 - 2:40pm

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